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Fractal Image: Falling
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![[Half-size image of the fractal: Falling]](../images-full-size/falling.jpg)
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About the Fractal Image (Artistic):
Looking at the fractal image, there is no apparent reason why the fractal is named "Falling". Although this fractal was selected to be one of the examples of still images on the Web site, the name is actually derived from the associated animation sequence. (To see the animation sequence, you will need to download Fractal Viewer and the sample files and then regenerate the fractal movie.) The movie begins at a magnification of 2,000X and ends at a magnification of about 20,000,000X. Throughout the movie, what appear to be stars and constellations go rushing by the viewer - very much like special effect used in the "Star Wars" movies whenever a spaceship jumps to light-speed. This continues through the animation sequence until at the very end the spaceship appears to run directly into one of the stars, which goes "splat" on the windshield. The whole animation sequence gives the viewer very much the feeling of falling through space.
About the Fractal Image (Technical):
The "Falling" fractal is one of the Mandelbrot type or Type M example fractals. Type M fractals are infinitely detailed (literally) and are interesting for the patterns formed by the filaments, especially at high magnification. The Falling fractal (still image) is a portion of the Mandelbrot fractal shown at a magnification of 26,000,000X.
The Falling fractal is unusual for the fact that the image consists entirely of the fractals' interior region; no fractal exterior region is shown. The interior region's detail is visible due to the use of the "calculated" interior shading scheme and the use of six interior color cycles (the colors cycle from black to purple six times moving from the outer edge of the image to the center). This is the most color cycles used in any of the example fractals.
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